Spider-Woman's Big Ass is a Big Deal!

[SunSeeker]

65. Feminists do not "have a problem with anything that is female that arouses straight men."

Feminists believe in equal respect and opportunity for the sexes. The vast majority of feminists are straight, like me, and many are male. As a progressive, you should be a feminist. But you're not. Because you think feminists are all lesbians who want to keep sexy women all to themselves--so men can't enjoy women. Do you have any idea how crazy that sounds? It sounds like something Rush Limbaugh would say when railing about "feminazis."

Feminists do not object to sexy shots of women. Feminists do not object to sex. Feminists are not prudes. In fact, they object to slut shaming. They support sex education and birth control. They think women should be able to enjoy sex just like men. They think women should be allowed to wear whatever they want and breast feed in public. They think women should be free to go braless and/or topless if they want to, just like men. That is why feminists in the 1970s were pejoratively called "bra-burners."

Feminists DO object to degrading or exploitative use of women in advertising or magazines. Advertising has made quantum leaps forward because of feminist pressure. Gone, for the most part, are the dizzy homemaker stereotypes and "father knows best" voice overs. Just check out the old 1950s TV ads on YouTube to see how far we've come, thanks to feminists.

The objection to the Spiderwoman cover is that her butt is WAY up in the air in a porn pose, rather than giving her muscles and a powerful stance like Spiderman. She is swaybacked and NOT in the same powerful crouch as Spiderman. She is not drawn to look muscular like a superhero, but rather, with skinny arms and legs, and a disproportionately large ass, like a porn star. I understand from his fans on this thread that this cartoonist's thing is drawing women in explicit porn poses. That is what he did here. Can you not understand why that pisses off women and girls who want to see women get the same dignity and powerful portrayal as men get in entertainment media? The way Spiderwoman was drawn is disrespectful and degrading. Why can't our female superheroes look powerful and awesome, like male superheroes? Why do they have to be drawn as pieces of porn meat? This is a comic book, not Hustler or "men's entertainment" as you call it.